Reliability analysis of the epidural spinal cord compression scale

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-328

  Bilsky, Mark H ^a,b   Laufer, Ilya ^b   Fourney, Daryl R ^h   Groff, Michael ^c   Schmidt, Meic H ^d   Varga, Peter Paul ⁱ   Vrionis, Frank D ^e   Yamada, Yoshiya ^a   Gerszten, Peter C ^f   Kuklo, Timothy R ^g,j  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

ⁱ National Center for Spinal Disorders   (Hungary)

^j SpineAustin   (United States)

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Author keywords

Epidural spinal cord compression; Lumbar spine; Metastatic spine tumor; Spinal metastases; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; VALIDITY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTEBRA;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956396943     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.SPINE09459     Document Type: Article

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